Tag Archives: Emacs

Redditor-mode

Posted on 2018-01-20 by jcs

For those of you who are active on reddit, Matthew Carter has written redditor-mode. It allows you to browse reddit from the comfort of Emacs. That’s one more task that can be moved into Emacs. It’s not yet in Melpa … Continue reading →

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New Org Mode Repository

Posted on 2018-01-18 by jcs

As part of Org Mode’s migration to a new server, its ELPA repository has also moved. It used to be part of the GNU ELPA repository but is no longer housed there. Instead, Org now has its own repository. If … Continue reading →

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Scale All Emacs Windows for Presentations

Posted on 2018-01-17 by jcs

If you use Emacs in or for your presentations, here’s a nice tip from Robin Green on how to scale all the windows up for better presentation: #Emacs Of The Day: Running org-mode on a 4K projector, you scale the … Continue reading →

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Org Mode Cookbook Revisited

Posted on 2018-01-16 by jcs

Way back in 2014, I posted about Eric Neilsen’s excellent Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook. I recently came across a reference to it and was reminded what a great resource it is. It’s easy to browse through and just read … Continue reading →

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When Emacs Users Lend Their Computer

Posted on 2018-01-15 by jcs

This is amusing and most developers—Emacs users or not—have probably experienced something similar. I find, though, that it’s the opposite that happens more often. I’ll be using a layperson’s computer and press Caps Lock expecting Ctrl. The expected hilarity ensues.

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Emacs Survival Card

Posted on 2018-01-12 by jcs

I stumbled across this Emacs survival card, which I hadn’t seen before. It’s very much like the Emacs Reference Card but seems more useful to me. Of course, you may disagree but it’s worth taking a look at it to … Continue reading →

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An Oldie but Goodie

Posted on 2018-01-09 by jcs

I was looking at some old Irreal posts and stumbled across this post. It’s something that I’d completely forgotten about so I thought it would be worthwhile pointing to it again. The TL;DR is that when using Magnar Sveen’s excellent … Continue reading →

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Linux Journal on Scimax

Posted on 2018-01-08 by jcs

Over at the Linux Journal, Joey Bernard has a nice article on John Kitchin’s scimax. I’ve written about scimax before but for those who came in late, it’s a collection of Emacs and Org mode tools to make using reproducible … Continue reading →

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A Handy Calc Tip

Posted on 2018-01-06 by jcs

As I wrote three weeks ago in these two posts, I’ve renewed my efforts to become semi-proficient with Calc. On the one hand, it’s not that hard. By default, it’s simply a stack based RPN calculator of the sort that … Continue reading →

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Frame Peek

Posted on 2018-01-05 by jcs

As part of his Emacs mini manual series, tuhdo introduces an interesting idea for quickly looking at, say, a function definition. There are lots of ways of doing that, of course, and tuhdo isn’t advocating any particular one or eve … Continue reading →

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